We commemorated the 2009 vernal equinox by camping-and-canoeing with the Beyelers at Leavenworth State Fishing Lake just up the road from our place. It was perfect Spring camping weather too ... highs in the 60's and lows in the 50's. Elise Beyeler was sportin' a cold and couldn't spend the night ... but she didn't leave till we had all enjoyed some banana boats cooked amongst the coals. Nummy! Rough night sleeping though ... there was a brief rain shower, wooting owls, helicopters with spotlights ("I didn't do it"), too early in the season for fleece sleeping bags, and a few other surprises. Max and Tyson had a great time and together with Nate and Cody, they set sail the next morning for a morning canoe outing. It was camping at its best.
After the "big storm" was done, we didn't quite get the amount of snow that the prognosticators were calling for, but we did get a nice little ice storm out of it! Ice would form on the trees, twigs, and branches and then the wind would blow them off and whirl them at the house. It sounded like we were in a war zone! We had ice shrapnel everywhere ... but no casualties. The weather was bad enough to cancel Cody's race (who wants to run in freezing rain anyway?) and strand our friends the Fletchers in Missouri. So we took in their "orphaned" son Andy for the night, much to Tyson's delight. 
